This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide high-level support on administrative law matters within a Defence legal environment.

It includes planning, preparing and clarifying complex legal issues; performing legal research and preparing complex legal documents.

This unit applies to Defence personnel who are required to provide high-level paralegal support services.

The skills and knowledge described in this unit must be applied within the legislative, regulatory and policy environment in which they are carried out. Organisational policies and procedures must be consulted and adhered to.

Persons undertaking this unit work mostly independently while part of a team and perform routine and complex tasks. They work with limited supervision, with identified approval authorities. They apply solutions to a variety of predictable and complex problems, in familiar and unfamiliar contexts.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.